CVE-2005-4575

PaperThin CommonSpot Content Server 4.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid errmsg parameter to loader.cfm with a url parameter set to email-login-info.cfm, which leaks the full pathname in the resulting error message.

Published: 2005-12-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4575 is rated Moderate Risk (40.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4575

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.45% 0.40% -0.05%
2 2025-03-29 0.40% 0.45% +0.05%
3 2025-03-17 0.40%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4575

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4575

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4575

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
paperthin commonspot_content_server <= 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:paperthin:commonspot_content_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paperthin commonspot_content_server 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:paperthin:commonspot_content_server:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paperthin commonspot_content_server 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:paperthin:commonspot_content_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paperthin commonspot_content_server 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:paperthin:commonspot_content_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paperthin commonspot_content_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:paperthin:commonspot_content_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4575

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